Inside an airy glass building in Boston, the future is being invented. Clive Cookson takes an exclusive look at one of the world’s most exciting laboratories
The technology could even begin to probe the mysteries of consciousness, Boyden says: “With 3D arrays one possibility is to record the activity of very large numbers of brain cells. Maybe we could then understand what happens when a thought occurs.”
From driverless cars that wink their lights at pedestrians to living mini-brains, there is no shortage of ambitious projects at Media Lab. Many will fail to live up to expectations but the lab’s success record suggests that some will transform the way we live and think over the next few decades.
